Jenning de Boo

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Jenning de Boo
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De Boo in 2020
Personal information
Born (2004-01-22) 22 January 2004 (age 22)
Groningen, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
Sport Speed skating
ClubTeam Reggeborgh
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2026 Milano Cortina 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2026 Milano Cortina 1000 m
World Single Distances Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Hamar 500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Calgary Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2025 Hamar Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2025 Hamar 1000 m
World Sprint Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Inzell Sprint
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Heerenveen 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Heerenveen Sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 Heerenveen 1000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Heerenveen Team sprint

Jenning de Boo (born 22 January 2004) is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances.

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Career

De Boo started his career as a short track speed skater. He competed in the 500m and 1,000m short track events at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. He won gold medal in the 500m at the 2022 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships. He switched to long track speed skating in 2023. [1] At the 2023 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in February 2023 he won the silver medal in the team sprint. [2] De Boo made his ISU Speed Skating World Cup debut in November 2023 at the Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval in Japan where he finished tenth in the 1000m race. [3] At the second World Cup race, held at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, he finished in seventh place in the 1000m race. [4]

At the 2024 European Speed Skating Championships, held at Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands, De Boo won a bronze medal in the team sprint, a silver medal in the 1000 m and a gold medal in the 500 m.

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, de Boo won silver medals in both the 500m and 1000m races. In both races, he competed in the same heat as eventual gold medal winner Jordan Stolz. [5] [6]

De Boo is a member of Team Reggeborgh.

Personal records

Personal records [7]
Speed skating
EventResultDateLocationNotes
500 m33.6316 November 2025 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake CityNR
1000 m1:06.0525 January 2025 Olympic Oval, CalgaryNR
1500 m1:50.6730 September 2023Thialf, Heerenveen

References

  1. ↑ Margriet de Schutter (14 April 2023). "Shorttracker Jenning de Boo kiest voor langebaan bij Reggeborgh". Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch).
  2. ↑ Men's team sprint
  3. ↑ "ISU World Cup #1 – 1000m Men Division A". International Skating Union (ISU).
  4. ↑ "ISU World Cup #1 – 1000m Men Division A". International Skating Union (ISU).
  5. ↑ Nazare, Pearl (14 February 2026). "American speed skater Stolz savours 'historic battles' with De Boo after more Milano Cortina glory". Reuters . Retrieved 14 February 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ Pascoe, Robin (14 February 2026). "Jenning de Boo wins second Olympic silver, again behind Stolz". DutchNews.nl. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "Jenning de Boo". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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